SHIRE RIVER BASIN

MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (PHASE

1) PROJECT

The Role of River Basin Planning in

Malawi’s NAP Process

www.shirebasin.mw

We all need the Shire

Kamuzu Barrage

The Shire Basin

An Introduction

• Areal extent defined by outflow from L. Malawi till the Shire leaves Malawi and joins the Zambezi

• A critical basin for Malawi

– Accounts for about 98% of Malawi’s electricity

– Has most of Malawi’s irrigation

– Supports rain-fed agriculture to millions

– Provides water supply to Blantyre

– Has significant environmental, biodiversity, and fisheries assets

PROGRAM OVERALL DESIGN OF THE

SHIRE RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT

1. Long-Term Program: A longer-term program envisaged

over a 15 year+ period; First project phase ~5.5 yrs for

~US$125 m IDA + 6.6 m (GEF+LDCF)

2. Project Development Objective: To develop a strategic

planning and development framework for the Shire River

Basin and support targeted investments to improve land and

water resources management, and associated

environmental services and livelihoods in the basin

3. Project Components:

• A: Shire Basin Planning

• B: Catchment Management

• C: Water-related Infrastructure

THEMATIC PLANNING

• Separate plans focusing on specific themes:– Disaster Risk Management

– Catchment and protected area management

– Wetlands and riparian areas management

– Water quality and pollution management

– Waterborne disease management

– Groundwater management

– Dam operation, water allocation and licensing

– Institutional reforms

– Data and information

SECTOR PLANS

• Agriculture• Livestock• Fisheries• Energy • Forestry• Mining • Industry• Water Supply and Sanitation• Transport• Tourism

AGRICULTURE – SECTOR GOAL

Achieve a sustainable agriculture sector

contributing to economic growth and

socio-economic transformation in the

Shire River Basin resulting from the wise

and productive use of land and water

AGRICULTURE – OBJECTIVES

AGRICULTURE – STRATEGIES

• Facilitate the creation of a conducive and supportive policy environment for effective development of the agricultural sector throughout all stages of the value chain

• Adopt participatory process to determine water user fees within irrigation schemes for ongoing maintenance and operation

• Strengthen the capacity of the stakeholders in the sector in provision of agricultural services

• Enhance coordination and collaboration amongst relevant stakeholders operating in different sub-sectors of the sector;

• Provide clear strategic policy direction to all stakeholders involved in sector issues along the value chain stages

• Educate farmers about application of agricultural chemicals and runoff control (see strategies under Water Quality section)

AGRICULTURE – PRIORITY

INVESTMENTS

AGRICULTURE – OTHER

RECOMMENDED

INTERVENTIONS

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ENERGY – SECTOR GOAL

To increase the availability of affordable, reliable, sustainable, efficient and modern energy to

families and industry in the Shire Basin, in order to improve the

livelihoods of Shire River Basin families and to contribute to economic growth in Malawi

ENERGY – OBJECTIVES

ENERGY – OBJECTIVES

ENERGY – STRATEGIES

• To improve operation of Shire River hydropower

stations:

– Improve the control and management of water borne

trash at the intakes to the Nkula, Tedzani and

Kapachira hydropower stations and so minimise

interruptions to power generation at these stations

due to weed and trash build up at the intake screens

– Improve the control of siltation at the headponds of

the Nkula, Tedzani and Kapachira hydropower

stations and so minimise interruptions to flow

requirements and damage to turbine moving parts

ENERGY – STRATEGIES

• To develop alternative energy sources:

– Develop new sources away from the Shire River to

extend Malawi’s generating capacity and so minimise

interruptions to the availability of electricity arising

from unreliability and outages at the Shire based

hydropower stations

– Investigate and develop new and alternative sources

of electricity generation – such as coal and grid

interconnections with neighbouring countries - thus

reducing the Malawi’s dependency on hydropower

ENERGY – STRATEGIES

• To promote development of renewable energy

sources:

– Support and encourage the participation of

Independent Power Producers in Malawi’s energy

sector for development of renewable and other energy

sources

– Support and encourage the development of

renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and

mini-hydro, thus reducing the reliance on hydropower

ENERGY – STRATEGIES

• To accelerate rural electrification programs:

– Increase the introduction of affordable grid and non-

grid electricity supplies, thus increasing the

opportunity for access to electricity by rural

communities in the Shire River Basin

– Through awareness campaigns and particularly by

increasing access to alternative sources, encourage

households to move away from the use of

environmentally damaging biomass (firewood and

charcoal) for household cooking

ENERGY – PRIORITY

INVESTMENTS

ENERGY – OTHER

RECOMMENDED

INTERVENTIONS

Note: Not ranked

Water Resources Management, Water

Supply and Sanitation

– Sector Goal

To improve water resources management,

supply of safe water, and provision of

adequate sanitation to all people in urban and

rural areas of the Shire River Basin for

domestic, industrial, and service needs to

increase their standard of living

RECOMMENDED PRIORITY

INVESTMENTS (ranked)

RECOMMENDED PRIORITY

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